Supporting educators’ wellbeing, innovation, leadership, and learning in communities of practice through responsive, holistic strategies.
Center for Professional Learning
Supporting educators’ wellbeing, innovation, leadership, and learning in communities of practice through responsive, holistic strategies.
Childhood Education International’s Center for Professional Learning (CPL) supports educators worldwide through professional learning rooted in holistic and sustainable learning principles. Our professional development resources are created with educators for educators. We use a co-creation process of collaborative learning and growth in our communities of practice, and we work across a variety of settings, with a particular focus on education in emergencies.
CPL is available to work with you to realize your team’s professional development goals. We support educators with teaching and learning practices. Our focus areas are:
CPL supports educators in building responsive, holistic learning environments for all children. Working with educators to co-create professional learning resources and opportunities to connect through community of practice, we creative holistic learning opportunities. Teachers are centered as self-directed learners and leaders within their local, national, and regional contexts.
CPL provides sustainable, holistic learning opportunities for educators working in emergency and other contexts. We co-create solutions, resources, and approaches in learning communities and model practices that improve experiences and outcomes for educators and students. Each project and initiative is tailored to the needs of educators teaching in their unique contexts and based on their assets, hopes, and needs.
We offer several online communities where educators can connect with each other to share resources, network, learn from each other, and support each other’s wellbeing. We welcome educators to join any or all these communities:
What made me more excited about the course [was] when I started implementing the activities in my classroom. I always thought that we don’t have time for such activities, but after seeing the learners’ joy and excitement I realized the huge positive impacts of such activities. The learners became more disciplined in the classroom and interested in studying English. Even I, as a teacher, became more energetic and enthusiastic after hearing their whispers while going back to the classroom.
Emotions & Learning
This project has taught us to bond together, walk towards our common goals, be tolerant, overcome obstacles on the path to our objectives, collaborate, and arrange teaching materials that we can utilize.
Project Fellow & Aspiring Educator
The Center for Professional Learning was founded in 2016 by Dr. Diana Woolis, who served as CPL Director from 2016-2022, and Gareth Crawford, CEO of the Carey Institute for Global Good. Originally called the Center for Learning in Practice, it was a part of the Carey Institute until 2021, when it became a part of Childhood Education International.
Renamed the Center for Professional Learning in 2022, the work continues to thrive as it scales up, out, and deep.
CPL’s work is advanced by an experienced and dedicated team of staff members.
Do you want to learn more? Please contact us.